Just a few hours after arriving in Brazil, LeBron James sized up the World Cup final and said it trumps the NBA Finals.

"This is the highest you can get," James said in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, a day after announcing he was returning to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers. "This is bigger than the NBA Finals in the sense that it's the world and you have so many countries here."

James was with Cavaliers teammate Anderson Varejao, a Brazilian. James met a few hundred fans in a warehouse located on Guanabara Bay.

He will attend Sunday's final at the Maracana Stadium.

James is a minority investor in Premier League club Liverpool, and said he has been following football - he called it both football and soccer and seemed comfortable doing it - "for a pretty long time."

Where's Pele? Pele, the man who did more than anyone to make Brazil the No. 1 football nation on the planet, has barely been seen during the World Cup, but he says he'll be at Sunday's final.

Pele, 73, won't be part of the glittering closing ceremony that will include Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen.

That's the way he wants it.

"I stay outside because I was four World Cups inside and I'm already 10 World Cups outside," he said. "It's not a surprise because I am here since the beginning of the World Cup ... but I'll be there (at the final). I wish that we see a good game. I'll be there."

Suarez's 'reintegration': FC Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeu says the Spanish club will ensure Luis Suarez "successfully reintegrates" into football following his lengthy ban for biting a World Cup opponent.

Suarez secured a move to Barcelona from Liverpool in a $130 million deal Friday but is banned from all football-related activities for four months after biting an Italian player.

MLS: Erick Torres snapped a 1-1 tie with a goal in the 81st minute to lead Chivas USA to a 3-1 victory over the host Vancouver Whitecaps. ... Gyasi Zardes scored in the 20th minute as the host Los Angeles Galaxy beat Real Salt Lake 1-0 to extend their unbeaten streak to seven matches. ... Thierry Henry had three assists and the go-ahead goal, leading the host New York Red Bulls to a 4-1 victory over the Columbus Crew. ... Jermain Defoe set up two goals and then scored two to lead Toronto FC to a 4-2 win over the visiting Houston Dynamo. ... Quincy Amarikwa scored in the third minute and Sean Johnson saved a penalty kick in the 86th to seal the Chicago Fire's 1-0 win at the New England Revolution. ... Dom Dwyer took advantage of a defensive lapse to score his second goal of the game in the 89th minute, lifting Sporting Kansas City to a 2-1 victory at Montreal. ... Deshorn Brown scored in the 86th minute to help the Colorado Rapids complete a two-goal comeback and earn a 3-3 draw at Philadelphia.